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title: By what means did Nana communicate the alarm to the parents at the p… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the chil… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Nana communicate the alarm to the parents at the party? Exam question 3 of lesson 316 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly and set off for Neverland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly an…

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By what means did Nana communicate the alarm to the parents at the party?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nana · **What happens:** mean, communicate · **To what, where:** alarm, parents, party

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 316 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly and set off for Neverland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/316-pg16-part7/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e3:1
# text = By what means did Nana communicate the alarm to the parents at the party?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Nana	Nana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	communicate	communicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **communicate** | past · do-support | Nana | the alarm | the parents | the party |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alarm=Topic to parent=Recipient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She ran in circles and flung her paws up to the ceiling of the nursery

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = She ran in circles and flung her paws up to the ceiling of the nursery
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | She |  |  | circles |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fling up** | past | She *not said here* | her paws |  | the ceiling of the nursery |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent paw=Theme to ceiling=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She flung her paws up to heaven and barked until the parents came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = She flung her paws up to heaven and barked until the parents came
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	until	until	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | past | She | her paws |  |  |  | up heaven | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |
| 2 | **bark** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  | until the parents |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She flung her paws up to heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = She flung her paws up to heaven
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | past | She | her paws |  |  |  | up heaven | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She raised her head and howled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = She raised her head and howled
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	howled	howl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past | She | her head |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 2 | **howl** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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